A couple stories involving Samsung and their latest flagship smartphones have come out over the last couple of days. One reported that an AT&T sales employee had ruined his new Samsung Galaxy S4 Active. The other, reported by Anandtech, pertaining to the Samsung Galaxy S4 and it's performance benchmarks.
Loose Flaps Sink Smartphones
According to the article by IntoMobile, an AT&T sales associate ruined his new Galaxy S4 Active, after trying to demonstrate it's most-touted selling feature. The associate, trained by AT&T and Samsung in demonstrating the waterproof construction and recently-added Aqua Mode, for shooting video and still-photos underwater, claims that his phone was rendered "useless" after a recent demonstration. Although water had not triggered the sensor tabs inside the battery compartment, apparently sub-par manufacturing standards, on the rubber seal for the USB port, allowed water to enter the case and short circuit the internal electronics. The worst part is that Samsung's warranty doesn't cover exposure to moisture. Rethinking that S4 Active? Check out the original article below.
Samsung's Performance Enhancing... Code
In a recent revelation by Anandtech, it was revealed that perhaps Samsung had been artificially boosting the performance of it's Exynos 5 Octa-based Galaxy S4.
Anandtech claims there is a " hard-coded white list for certain benchmarking apps that allows them — and only them — to take advantage of the full power of its [S4] chipset".
Samsung denies the "boosting" allegations but, in a weird way.
To see their full explanation, follow the link below.
So, what do you think of all these reports regarding Samsung? Leave a comment or drop us an email with your thoughts.
http://m.intomobile.com/2013/07/29/att-employee-claims-galaxy-s4-active-isnt-waterproof-advertised/
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7187/looking-at-cpugpu-benchmark-optimizations-galaxy-s-4
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